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The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
American diplomat in 1800's Japan gives silver dollar to Geisha
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The 1958 film "The Barbarian and the Geisha" is about the first American Consul to Japan.
Townsend Harris (John Wayne) is sent to Japan as the U.S. Consul General in 1856. The Japanese
do not like Americans and try to chase him out of the country.
Eventually Townsend Harris is tolerated and Governor Tamura sends a Geisha named
Okichi to take care of him.
Townsend Harris meets Okichi and believing that she is a paid servant gives her an American silver dollar.
1. Townsend Harris shows Okichi a silver dollar
The silver dollar looks like a Morgan type which were mined from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921.
2. Townsend Harris explains that he is paying her
She does not understand.
3. Townsend Harris hands Okichi the silver dollar
She accepts it anyway.
Cast, Directors, Writers:
John Wayne as Townsend Harris
Eiko Ando as Okichi
So Yamamura as Governor Tamura
Director: John Huston
Writers: Charles Grayson, Ellis St. Joseph
Eiko Ando as Okichi
So Yamamura as Governor Tamura
Writers: Charles Grayson, Ellis St. Joseph
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